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Post code search

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 4:53 am
by stewart3000
I want to put a post code search on my site that brings up a list of decorators near to the postcode typed in.

Re: Post code search

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:07 am
by stewart3000
I thought a database of some kind but have no idea how to make one

Re: Post code search

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:14 am
by greyhoundcode
Are you in the UK?

If you wish to avoid buying access to a commercial database there is certainly a freely-available table that converts postcodes to approximate lat/long (or possibly OS grid refs) - therefore letting you calculate distance between postcodes - that could form the nucleus of your own service.

I will try to find the relevant link and post back, if that is helpful for you in your case?